10 Feb 1928
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1928
Page
1
A Danmorca Trnupaoxe Company notice scolds residents for sharing phones and borrowing service. It urges paying for calls, suggests mailing messages at 1 cent, and offers a contributed phone only to honest paupers with business needs. The piece likens borrowing phones to borrowing newspapers and stresses honesty and payment.
The Republicans of Lumpkin county are asked to meet at the court house at 12 o'clock Saturday the 4th day of Web 1128 to select delegates to the State Convention and conduct other business as before it. Anderson, Clim'n.
A St Nicholas Magazine piece details how trees endure harsh climates from Mount Orizaba to the Arctic and Alps. It notes extreme front lines where bark is stripped by wind and sand, roots seek water in every crack, and some trees age beyond five centuries. Species include lumber pine, Engelmann spruce, white bark pine, quaking aspen, and Alpine fir.
The article surveys ancient timelines from BC 1000 to BC 1600, noting limited archeological progress for an archaeologist of BC 1000, ancient Crete’s decline and barbarian destruction, early Chinese civil service examinations, Mayan expansion, and the Harappa ruin long buried. It critiques repeated art styles across generations in a broad cultural panorama.
Minnesota houses a vast number of islands with 865 in Lake Vermillion alone. Many are undeclared state property and could be claimed under homestead like rules. Mining firms own mineral rights and can compel island sales for ore, some bought for about 100 dollars.
Gyowe Watterson argues in the Mobile Register that life gains value beyond a few years on earth. Immortality comes from lasting works and serving others, not from wealth, as those who help many lives endure longest.
The coroner’s office is an ancient institution rooted in English law. Historically only knights with property worth £20 per year could qualify, later opening to legal and medical professionals. Coroners in Great Britain are appointed for life by the Crown or relevant authority.
In Frontier County a new mammoth species "Amedelodon ricki" is recovered with shovel like tusks extending from the lower jaw. Dr. Eb Barbour of Nebraska University says the specimen dates back 1 to 2 million years and will be housed in the university hall of elephants.
A. S. Keith of Freedom reported fossil evidence to the university, prompting a geological expedition to Trantier County. The team recovered a lower jaw, tusks and molars, ribs, and a toe bone from the so called steam shovel elephant, with hopes of more remains to follow.
The British Navy ends the lime juice ration once given with rum to prevent scurvy. Sailors will now receive a daily portion of plain orange juice described as bottled sunshine. An admiralty spokesman notes oranges are richer in vitamins, less bulky, and cheaper than lime juice, which costs about £9,000 yearly and is fortified with rum.
English origin associations began in Birmingham in 1781 and spread through the nineteenth century with Acts in 1888 and 1874. The first U S example was the Oxford Provident Building Association in Frankford Philadelphia 1831, with many formed from 1840 to 1850 marking the real American inception.
The bushman survives on leftovers from lion kills. He signals with a cry heard at night, the direction shown by pointing an arrow, and by daylight inspects the indicated area for vultures. He shooes away the scavengers and eats, while women and children join to share if anything remains and vultures may take leftovers.
Harold N. Cox of Pittsburgh introduces a simple lens attachment for ordinary cameras to capture color films. He says the process lets color pictures be developed on black and white stock with standard equipment and projected with usual systems, at no extra cost over black and white methods.
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has governed naming since 1895, granting the first describer of a new species the right to its Latin name. From 1981, authors must also state distinguishing characters, amid an estimated millions yet to be named across protozoa to vertebrates.
A year long study across hospitals shows births peak between midnight and noon while deaths more often occur during sleep hours from six p m to six a m. In Ua Pitle hospital statistics reveal 118 deaths at night against 88 by day with 59 occurring between six p m and midnight. The article cites a cosmic night influence and nerve excitability as factors.
A French investigator reports a sequence of experiments on pins and writing implements on a high estate. Wairpins vanish after 154 days in a ferrous oxide dust drift while bright pins disappear in about 18 months. Polished steel, brass, steel pens and wooden holders show varied endurance with pencells and cedar remaining relatively intact.
A young American mother staying with Mr and Mrs Rudyard Kipling in England had left her two daughters in America. On arrival she learned the children were safe by a cable. Kipling advised his wife to comfort her with baby talk and show her the children.
Two brothers plot a burglary to salvage their failing business, arguing it would protect them if insurance payouts cover the losses. The elder questions the tactic while the younger argues burglary is the best route since it avoids losing anything if insurers pay.
Wanted ambitious white man to introduce and supply demand for Rawleigh Household Products. Good openings with sales of 150 to 600 dollars a month or more. No selling experience needed. Rawleigh Methods provide sales and advertising literature and service. Everything you need. Profits increase every month. Low prices and complete service. W T Rawleigh Co Dept G A2868 Memphis Tenn.
A high school student returns home to find her younger sister handling cosmetics she was not supposed to use. The sister casually admits she thought she would try the lotion because her hands felt rusty.
In Paris thirty painters hoist scaffolds to the top of the Eiffel Tower and work downward painting each strut and girder. The operation lasts twelve months, then they move the scaffold to the next tower and start again from the top.
In a tense bank scene a teller informs a customer her account is overdrawn while the woman retorts she has the right to manage her own finances. The exchange highlights tensions between customer autonomy and bank policy.
Wealthy father tests a suitor with a blunt question about prospects of marriage and wealth. The poor suitor responds with confident reciprocity revealing a sharp, humorous exchange. The joke plays on social status and mutual benefit.
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